Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - Criola Remixed (2017)

Having thrilled dusty-fingered crate diggers with a reissue of Denis Mpunga and Paul K's impossible-to-find mid-'80s cassette album Criola - an unusual but rather fine combination of post-punk and traditional Congolese music - Music from Memory has decided to give some of the tracks the remix treatment. As you'd expect, there's many more hits than misses. Dutch rising star Dazion delivers a wonderfully cosmic revision of "Intermezzo B" full of fluttering new age synth lines and drum machine polyrhythms, while Tolouse Low Trax turns "Veronika" into a woozy and dreamy chunk of dub-flecked, loved-up downtempo bliss. Late night dancefloor thrills are provided by Interstellar Funk's intergalactic tribal techno take on "Intermezzo 2" and Prins Emmanuel's tactile take on "KWEI!", which sits somewhere between dub disco, boogie and proto-house.

Tracklist:

01. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - KWE!! (Prins Emanuel Remix)
02. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - Intermezzo B (Dazion's Turtle Maraca Remix)
03. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - Funyaka (Androo's Romantic Dub)
04. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - Veronika II (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)
05. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - Veronika II
06. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. - Intermezzo II (Interstellar Funk Remix)